I could not agree more. It's kind of funny, I watched a series a while back on netflix called "Chef's Table", the first season had kind of a central theme of chefs drawing on their heritage and their childhood for inspiration. When I thought about that in relation to my own cooking I could not...
I love peasant food. I like it enough that I ran out of my shanks, ground meat, neck, and front shoulders way before I ran out of backstrap. A steak is nice, but a well-crafted casserole or stew is magical. Stroganoff is designed around taking cheap stuff and turning it into something hardy. The...
I grabbed the giant Weston Dehydrator. The 24 tray one is probably a bit huge for most, but I also dry large parts of my garden harvest (dried heirloom tomato leather is a great hiking snack by the way). I have never been said that I bought "too much drying space". Filling that whole thing top...
Almost every time I tell someone that I am craving jackrabbit I am met with an expression of incredulous disgust. This look says, “jackrabbit is not meant for human consumption; furthermore, you should probably go to the hospital to make sure you did not catch something”. I’m OK with people...
Turkeys are a versatile bird as far as ingredients go. Like Matt said above I also part my birds out to stretch them out over several meals. A quick tip on your stock if you happen to kill a big tom in the future. Retain the sponge and the feet to go into the stock pot. The feet take an extra...
I love how frustrating turkeys are. I think that is part of the reason they get into your head so well. As such, it's almost maddening to have one of those easy ones, because it sets a sort of expectation that it CAN go according to plan. It's nice when it happens though.
Good work keeping at...
Welcome to the Tenth Legion Luke.
That first day when they wandered away from you I'd like to give you the advice that sometimes turkeys do that. You called, so they know where you are, and they will likely check you out at some point. If you have one of those "they went away" moments try to...
Hunting within an hour of the house each day with full kit. Like most folks the only interaction is getting gas. I do miss dropping off goodies to private land owners though. I think I owe them all dinner when this is all over with.
I have to be careful on the distancing too. I care for my grandparents who are in there 90's, one of which has about every condition known that would exacerbate this virus. I'll shoot you a PM to see if we can figure something out. Thanks.
As to my shelter in place cooking. Bread (sourdough), tortillas, biscuits, & homemade pasta are high on the list of things I am glad I can make from scratch. Miners lettuce & dandelions are making my salads as of late. And as to meat....turkey season cannot come soon enough.
This is a miners...